VW Combi with WRX running gear..??

[xbgs351]

Not to mention VW based transaxles:

[ebxr8240]

Originally Posted by ebxr8240

We know Kiwi's are crassy.. This just proves it...
http://www.stiatv.co.nz/

Video clip.. haha the accent...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQSlxVSrEMg

[Billy351]

Originally Posted by Ringo

I remember reading and article about the VW Beetle with a WRX motor in it a few year ago and basically it was labeled a death machine.

It weighed less than 1 tonne, had the 1960's agricultural torsion bar front suspension but had something like 5 times the power is was designed for....hmmm unsafe at any speed.

Does it matter what front end it has? Its not like the front wheels would touch the ground much!

[EB_V8_2U]

Here's my current effort...Gertrude as of before Christmas.

1975 VW Campmobile Auto Leyland P76 4.4 V8.





Next time we go around the trailer's coming!

Kombi On!!

[LUXO_8]

nice!!... what ya doing for a radiator?.....biggest flaw with putting anything decent in a kombi is that you have to chop the front up to fit a radiator.


also, more pics!!

[EB_V8_2U]

Originally Posted by LUXO_8

nice!!... what ya doing for a radiator?.....biggest flaw with putting anything decent in a kombi is that you have to chop the front up to fit a radiator.


also, more pics!!

This,



It's going to be a daily driver again, so it's gotta be practical in all applications and despite what every one with a VW water cooled conversion tells you, you can't beat out the front.

Kombi On

[LUXO_8]

that looks pretty damn neat mate, great stuff

[EB_V8_2U]

Thanks mate, I can't wait.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Your going to need 20 litres of coolant!

[EB_V8_2U]

lol, at least mate...its a 4 core radiator. At least I don't have to worry about her getting hot.

Oh and all the pipe work...and heater core!!

[Mechan1k]

That's awesome ... Nice neat fit with the radiator as well with the bar.
Doesn't look too out of place either.

[EB_V8_2U]

Thanks mate...I appreciate that, that radiator set up was a decision which took a fair while to make. I didn't want to detract from the original look of the bus too much, but wanted it to be practical too.
Kombi On.

[tankclare]

imagine cleaning up a roo with the radiator..no blood just coolant everywhere.

Nice little kombi you have to mate..must be a bit of a sleeper at the lights.

[EB_V8_2U]

It is getting stainless mesh over the fron of the radiator and some more structural support. So if I hit one it should be cheese grated or skinned on it's way down, tenderised on it's way underneath and ready to cook on a spit by the time it gets spat out the back.

Oh yeah it's a sleeper alright...she fits 4 comfortably...lol

The engine will be started for the first time in the car tonight...last time I fired it up was after the rebuild and it was just sitting on the stand!!

Fire in the hole..

[OLDFORDNUT]

steele

[OLDFORDNUT]

dont let your grand kids loose on computer lol

[EB_V8_2U]

Heres a bit more progress, plumbing is complete and the radiator is mounted with a the thermo fan in place. We have also cut the engine inspection hole out to all ow more access...time to build the new cover.




Kombi On Peoples

[Walt Kowalski]

I LOVE the faded sleeper look

Maybe you could even spray the radiator a similar shade of ORANGE? and put the VW emblem on it.

That would camoflage most of ithe radiator and look even COOLER i RECKON
sTEVE
ps
i USED TO HAVE a new cARAVELLE gL AND DID OVER 400,000KS IN IT IN 4 YEARS in the 80's.

Mullers looked after it and all good except forgot to change coolant and it caused problems.

Man, we used to surprise a lot of people on the open road with that thing full with a load of stock and Dire Straits full bore on the stereo.

160+ kilometres per hour for hours with a tonne on board was a regular cruise in the bush out Forbes way

Big make that HUGE sunroof open as well as the stereo full bore.

Nice memories.

[EB_V8_2U]

Now I am missing her even more...

That sleeper look you're talking about is gonna go. I reckon she has had her original paintwork for long enough and after what we have done to her I don't want to give the engineer any excuses.

She is getting baked original orange with a white roof & bumpers. The gutter channel, wheels and bull bars are going argent silver.

We started it last Thursday night. I knew that cam was lumpy but geez, she sure does rock!!!

Kombi On,
Dave

[EB_V8_2U]

Getting Closer,



Kombi On...

[kremmen]

a mates dad had a kombi with a rover V8 in it. It was about as quick as the 2 litre vw engine anyway!

[EB_V8_2U]

Interesting...that won't be the case here. I bet the V8 towed and climbed hills a lot better and if it didn't, it had issues.

[Campo81]

How you going with it mate?

[blackers10]

my brothers old boss was a kombi/VW nut and had a heap of them.. and about 6 of the rare engines.. his name is clayton.. owned DJ Mechanical in morayfield qld

they used to mount the radiator horizontally underneath the kombi with a stainless bash plate and scoop underneath to A) push air thru it and B) protect it from being smashed by rubbish on the road

he had a WRX motor in it .. but was sick of changing front suspension bits(kept breaking them due to wheel stands) so took the turbo off and ran it NA.. says it still lifted the wheels no worries tho..

[Kryton]

i think your going to have a few legal issues with radiator being out front like that.

[EB_V8_2U]

The engineer has been involved from the start of the build and he hasn't said that.

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by blackers10

they used to mount the radiator horizontally underneath the kombi with a stainless bash plate and scoop underneath to A) push air thru it and B) protect it from being smashed by rubbish on the road

Ive seen much the same thing except it wasnt quite horizontal, slight angle to help airflow out the back of the radiator and it was caged with an air dam set up to force air through it. Pipes plumbed into the side of the tanks to gain clearance.


Theres been dak dak flat 4's pulling sub 10's in beetles for years, and they are VW flat 4's not some exotic or Jap. I remember seeing one at Calder eons ago with front wheels well off the ground, I thought for sure some conversion but nope, just a bombed dak dak flat 4.

[blackers10]

ive also seen the dak dak flat 4s goin hard too

apparently the 63hp version is the one to get?? and are rare as.. but my bros old boss ahd a few of them LOL
greedy bugger

re the radiator... it probably was on an angle of some sort but horizontal is just easier to explain lol

[EB_V8_2U]

I agree...my other Kombi was a played with 2.0l with twin carbs. It went well too, just not with massive off road wheels towing a trailer with motorbikes on it, 4+ stinky blokes and all the gear we need for a few days.
The only fear I had with the radiator underneath was crushing it when I'm off road.
The Leyland V8 also weighs less than the Volksy 4, which suprised me a little.

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by EB_V8_2U

I agree...my other Kombi was a played with 2.0l with twin carbs. It went well too, just not with massive off road wheels towing a trailer with motorbikes on it, 4+ stinky blokes and all the gear we need for a few days.
The only fear I had with the radiator underneath was crushing it when I'm off road.
The Leyland V8 also weighs less than the Volksy 4, which suprised me a little.

Yeah i dont think underneath is a good place for it if you take it off road.